1996 DFS Classic – Doubles

Doubles
1996 DFS Classic
1995 Champions	Manon Bollegraf Rennae Stubbs
Champions	Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild
Runners-up	Lori McNeil Nathalie Tauziat
Score	6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Manon Bollegraf and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but only Stubbs competed that year with Lisa Raymond.

Raymond and Stubbs lost in the semifinals to Lori McNeil and Nathalie Tauziat.

Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 against McNeil and Tauziat.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Meredith McGrath / Larisa Savchenko (second round)
2. Lori McNeil / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
3. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
4. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (second round)
5. Els Callens / Laurence Courtois (first round)
6. Kerry-Anne Guse / Rika Hiraki (first round)
7. Debbie Graham / Kristine Radford (quarterfinals)
8. Rosalyn Nideffer / Pam Shriver (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		A Ellwood R McQuillan	5	5
		Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild	7	7
									Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild	6	3	6
								2	Lori McNeil Nathalie Tauziat	3	6	1
	3	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	1	2
	2	Lori McNeil Nathalie Tauziat	2	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M McGrath L Savchenko	5	4
		T Ječmenica A Olsza	6	2	5				N Dahlman C Wood	7	6
		N Dahlman C Wood	2	6	7											N Dahlman C Wood	3	6	4
		L Golarsa K Rinaldi-Stunkel	5	4												A Ellwood R McQuillan	6	2	6
		A Ellwood R McQuillan	7	6					A Ellwood R McQuillan	6	6
		M Lindström M Strandlund	1	7	4			8	R Nideffer P Shriver	3	1
	8	R Nideffer P Shriver	6	6	6																		A Ellwood R McQuillan	5	5
																							E Smylie L Wild	7	7
								4	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6	3
	LL	D Jones M Schnell	4	4					N Feber D Van Roost	7	3	6
		N Feber D Van Roost	6	6												N Feber D Van Roost	3	7	1
	LL	S Drake-Brockman T Musgrave	6	5	6											E Smylie L Wild	6	5	6
		C Barclay K Godridge	4	7	8				C Barclay K Godridge	1	4
		E Smylie L Wild	6	6					E Smylie L Wild	6	6
	5	E Callens L Courtois	3	2

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	D Graham K Radford	7	6
		T Križan C Papadáki	6	2				7	D Graham K Radford	6	6
		E deLone N Pratt	4	6	6				E deLone N Pratt	3	3
		V Lake S Smith	6	3	2										7	D Graham K Radford	5	3
		S Jeyaseelan S Noorlander	7	6											3	L Raymond R Stubbs	7	6
		C Cristea L Poruri	5	4					S Jeyaseelan S Noorlander	6	0	2
								3	L Raymond R Stubbs	4	6	6
																						3	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	1	2
	6	K-A Guse R Hiraki	6	4	3																	2	L McNeil N Tauziat	2	6	6
		M Murić M Saeki	0	6	6				M Murić M Saeki	5	6	6
		N Kijimuta Y Yoshida	5	3					J Lutrova T Tanasugarn	7	3	3
		J Lutrova T Tanasugarn	7	6												M Murić M Saeki	3	6
		I Demongeot C Dhenin	7	6											2	L McNeil N Tauziat	6	7
	Q	C Taylor J Ward	5	1					I Demongeot C Dhenin	1	4
								2	L McNeil N Tauziat	6	6

External links

• 1996 DFS Classic Draws
• ITF Tournament Page Archived 21 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• ITF doubles results page